# Stop it, Boner Stop it, Boner is a two-panel reaction comic from 4chan showing a man scolding his own erection while it defiantly refuses to stand down. First posted anonymously on the /a/ board in December 2010[2], the cropped second panel became the go-to reaction image for any online moment that arouses when it absolutely should not. ## Origin The original comic was posted by an anonymous user to 4chan's /a/ (anime and manga) board on December 6th, 2010, and shows a man staring at his computer in dismay in the first panel before addressing a visible erection in the second[2]. On June 8th, 2011, another anonymous user on /tg/ cropped the second panel and captioned it with the now-standard exchange, 'Stop it, boner' / 'no', which is the version that spread as a reaction image[3]. The artist has never been identified, and both original posts were made by anonymous 4chan users, so no confirmed creator credit exists[4]. Two adjacent comics with the same premise, both captioned 'Why boner,' had circulated on plus4chan and /tg/ earlier in 2010 and 2011, but the December 2010 comic is the one that fed the reaction image[8]. - **Platform:** 4chan /a/ (source) / Reddit and FunnyJunk (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2010 ## Overview The image works as a two-character skit: the man plays the exasperated straight man, the bulge plays a deadpan gremlin that answers back in text. In the canonical cropped version, the man says 'Stop it, boner' and the erection simply replies 'no'[3]. That flat refusal is what made the panel so exploitable, since any pairing of stimulus and inappropriate reaction can be dropped into the same template. Redditors and FunnyJunk users started swapping the dialogue almost immediately, escalating from mild scolding to full arguments. One FunnyJunk edit has the man declaring 'No boner, this shit does not fucking fly,' with the bulge answering 'Shut up and touch me'[7]. The joke lives in the mismatch between socially acceptable disgust and a body part that treats the conversation as optional[4]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Stop it, Boner? It's a cropped 4chan reaction image of a man arguing with a visible erection, with the man saying 'Stop it, boner' and the bulge replying 'no'[3]. ### Where did Stop it, Boner come from? The two-panel source comic was posted anonymously to 4chan's /a/ board on December 6th, 2010, and the captioned reaction crop appeared on /tg/ in June 2011[2]. ### What does Stop it, Boner mean? It's shorthand for being aroused by something you find embarrassing or wrong, framing the erection as a separate character that refuses to cooperate[4]. ### How do you use Stop it, Boner? People typically post it as a reaction to content they claim they shouldn't find attractive, or edit the dialogue for more elaborate arguments as FunnyJunk users did in 2013[7]. ### Is Stop it, Boner still popular? It settled into classic reaction image status after its 2012 to 2014 run across Reddit, Cheezburger, and TVTropes[6], and still circulates as an older exploitable rather than a currently trending format[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/vonsn/when_my_ex_sends_me_drunk_texts/]() 2. [https://archive.moe/a/thread/43250319/#43259564]() 3. [https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/15187304/#15193962]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stop-it-boner]() 5. [https://failblog.cheezburger.com/dating/tag/stop-it-boner]() 6. [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StrangelyArousing]() 7. [http://new1.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/Think+you+might+need+this+_3035e45a800a5dba6824070c4432d9b8.jpg]() 8. [https://plus4chan.org/boards/a/res/85011.html#i85241]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/stop-it-boner Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library